Linotype-machine.



PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906. D. S. NNBDY.

LINOT MACHINE. v PPPPPP T1011 FILED MARA? 1906.

lPATLNSLED JUNE 26, 1906. Y.

D. S. KE

' LINOTYPE APPLIoATIoN H INE.

A No. 824,659. PATBNTED JUNE 26, 1906.

DQ s. KENNEDY, LINOTYPP. MACHINE'.

APPLICATION FILED HABA. 17, 1906.

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characters on the slug or linotype cast therematrix-line, mounted to move vertically and and' the matrix-line are separated horizon- Amol wheel, and adjacent NTED STATES PATENT OFFCE.-

DAVlD S. KENNEDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MERGEN- THALER LlNO'lYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. LlNOTYPE-MACHINE.

No. 824,659. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented .Trne 26, 1906. I

rppimaon med March i7, i906. serai No. 306.500.

To all who/rb t may 0011/061711: sothat the line of matrices vY may be carried Be it known that I, DAVID S. KENNEDY, of i horizontally into and out of it. Brooklyn, New York city, county of Kings, O re resents a vertical disk or wheel carry and State of New York, have invented a i ing a s otted mold o, against which the line of new and useful Improvement in Linotype matrices is .presented during the casting op- Machines, or" which the following is a s'pecifieration, as shown in Fig. 3.

' V represents the pot containing molten metal and having a perforated mouth to close the back of the mold and deliver the metal thereto at the same time that the matrices are suspended by and between the two horizontal arms of the elevator. The rear arm of the elevator is supported at one end only and extends outward several inches.

At the close of the casting actiontlle slug is-as yet contained in the mold, its letters eX- tending into the matrices Y. As soon as the slu lr is cast the pot V retreats from the moldv an the vmold retreats from the matrices Y. If the slug adheres tenaciously Ato vthe inatrices, it will tend to carry them rearward, and they will in turn spring or bend the rear arm or wall of the elevator backward, frequently giving it a permanent set.

The foregoing parts are all constructed and operated in the same manner as the parts indicated by like letters in the vPatent No. 436,532.

My invention has reference to Mergenthaler linotype-machines of the general character representd in Letters Patent of the United States No. 436,532. Inv these machines a composed line otmatrices suspended in a vertically-movable support, known as the first elevator, is presented against the front of the slottedmold to Jiorm raised type in. After the casting operation the mold tally to withdraw the type characters from the matrices. It occasionally happens that considerable force is required to effect this separation and that the strain applied to the matrices will cause them to bend and spring out oi position the rear wall of the elevator in which they are suspended.

The object 'of the present invention is to givesuch support to the elevator as to prevent this distortion.

To this end it consists, broadly, in an arm In applying my im rovementto overcome or support adapted to engage and. sustain the the springing of the e evator arm or wall l sewall o the elevator while theparts are in the cure rigi lyto the to ofthe frame A, as

casting position and while the slug is being retracted from the matrices.

The drawings herewith are limited to those parts of the machine with which my improvement is associated. All the otherparts may be of ordinary or any suitable construction.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a pers ective view showing the first elevator,

arts in the 'casto the elevator susshown 1n extending arm or support end turned laterally. The form and location ofthis'arm are such that when`the open end ofthe elevator descends past it to the casting position the arm Bwill overlap or engage behind the rear side of the reararm or ywall of the elevator, as plainly shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. In this 'manner the projecting or overhanging arm of the elevator is given-a direct and rigid support, so that there is no possibility ofits belng sprung rearward beyond its roper position.

lt wil be understood by -those Jfamiliar with the subject that the side or end of the elevator N must be open, as shown, so that the matrix-line may enter the same prep arator andT so that the line may again be endwise from the elevator when the latter is, raised preparatory to the distribution of the line. My extending or overhanging support,

the several gures, a rearward ing position, the rear wall tained by my support. Fig. 2 is al view of the parts as they appear with the elevator above the casting position and out of engagement with the support. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 3 3, Fi 1. Fig. 4 is'a plan view ofthe elevator an its support.

Referring to the drawings, Are resents the rigid Jfront portion of the main ame, corni monly known as the vise-frame.

N is the first elevator Aor support for the made of a C form when viewed from above,

B, having its rear v IOO to `being loweredt the castinfT position' drawn out therefore, holds theelevator securely without interfering in the least with its ordinary mode of action.

I believe myself to be the first to provide in a linotype-machine a rigid support adapted to engage and hold the elevator rear Wall or arm, and it is manifest that the details of forni and arrangement may be Widely varied without changing the mode of action.

Having described my invention, what I claiin is` 1. As an improvement in Mergenthaler linotype machines, the vertically movable iirst elevator. N, to 'sustai'nthe matriX-line and a rigid su port bearing against the rear arm or wall o the elevator to hold the same in position as the slug is withdrawn romthe matrices.

2. As an improvement in Mergenthaler 2.o linotype-machines, in combination with the main frame Vand the vertically-movable C- i shaped elevator, a stationary support to bear against and sustain the rear arm of the eleva tor when in the casting position, whereby the springing of the arm is prevented as the slug is separated from the matrices. y

'3. I n a Mergenthaler linotypefmachine, the combination of the frame A, the vertically-movable elevator l support B, secured to the main frame and extending rearward in position to engage and hold the rear arm or wall of the elevator.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 9th day of March, 1906, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

DAVID S. KEBHQEDY.l

Witnesses:

O. E. ScHRoEK, R. G. CLARK.

N and a rear arm or 

